| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | OB-T-1326 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Convair 240 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Convair 340/440/540/580/640 (C-131) |
| Aircraft Version: | Convair 440-40 Metropolitan |
| C/n (msn): | 447 |
| Operator Titles: | Aero Norte |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Lima - Callao / Jorge Chávez InternationalMap |
| Country: | Peru |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: SPJC IATA: LIM Local: - Other: - |
| Photo Date: | March 1992 |
| Photo by: | Richard Vandervord |
| Photo ID: | 2603 |
| Photo Comment |
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Once well-known in Europe as Finnair's OH-LRF from new in 1957, this Convair was written off ferrying to Bolivia as CP-2256 for SASA on 13.9.93. Two hours after take-off from Lima, the crew realised that the magnetic compass was broken. Due to low fog the crew were not able get a visual fix so they climbed to FL180 to locate the Cordillera Mountain range. When the engines started to backfire, a belly landing was safely made in open countryside This photo is copyright © Richard Vandervord, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 31 July 2017, and has since been viewed 631 times. |